The Upside Of Anger (2005) Alicia Witt Hadley Wolfmeyer Joan Allen Terry Wolfmeyer Kevin Costner Denny Davies Erika Christensen Andy Wolfmeyer Keri Russell Emily Wolfmeyer Evan Rachel Wood Popeye Wolfmeyer Mike Binder Adam "Shep" Goodman Tom Harper David Junior Dane Christensen Gorden Reiner Danny Webb Grey Wolfmeyer Magdalena Manville Darlene Suzanne Bertish Gina David Firth David Senior Rod Woodruff Dean Reiner Stephen Greif Emily's Doctor Directed by: Mike Binder Produced by: Chris Curling, Stewart Hall, Andreas Grosch Sharp-witted Terry Wolfmeyer, a suburban wife and mother, has her life take an unusual turn when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Struggling to deal with his sudden absence, Terry finds herself increasingly at odds with her four headstrong daughters and regularly drowning her anger in alcohol, until she develops an offbeat relationship with her next-door neighbor, Denny. A once-great baseball star turned radio DJ, Denny becomes a drinking buddy for Terry and slowly evolves into her source of strength, as well as an ad-hoc father to her daughters. But things get complicated as Terry's daughters grow accustomed to having Denny around while attempting to juggle not only their mother's romantic dilemmas, but their own. ========== A sharp-witted suburban wife, Terry Wolfmeyer, is left to raise her four headstrong daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Things get even more hectic when she falls for her neighbor Denny, a once-great baseball star turned radio d.j. This leaves her daughters out on a limb. They are forced to juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas as well as their own. ========== According to Popeye, the youngest of her four daughters and narrator of the film, Terry Wolfmeyer is the "nicest, sweetest woman." However, she quickly transforms into an angry shrew when her husband, Gray, apparently runs off to Sweden with his secretary. Anger over her abandonment impairs her judgment as she refuses even to contact Gray to hear his part of the story. To take the edge off her pain, she becomes the drinking buddy and then the lover of Denny, a family friend and boozy ex-baseball player who hosts an "all jazz format" radio sports show. Their relationship seems supportive, but abrasive until a quirk of fate reveals what really happened to her husband.